I've been Melon-ed!

OMGosh y'all!!

Can I just tell you???

LOOK what I have now...

Do you recognize her???

They're meeeeee!!!!!

hehehe - I have a "melonhead" me :)

I LOVE them!!

I couldn't decide which color scheme I wanted, so I got both - haha!!

Can you tell they're me?

Curly blonde hair, sunglasses (ALWAYS), flops (ALWAYS!) - and an apple because I'm a teacher - hehe!!

Thank you, Nikki!!

I think I need one to appear next to my name down there - anyone know how to make that happen?? automatically, I mean?? lol

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Fish Math, Labels, and updates...oh my!

Who wants a snack!?!?

haha!! I was sitting there NOT eating A's snack (lol..who am I kidding, I was stealing my child's FOOD!!! lol), when, DING! 

Duh, Jen!! 

So, off to the computer I went to create my math unit with goldfish (which of course goes GREAT with Dr. Seuss's One Fish, Two Fish...or the Cat in the Hat too)....

This is a great packet to use with Dr. Seuss's One Fish, Two Fish book, or you can use it all year round on its own! You will need to buy the box of COLORED Goldfish crackers....

If you are a school that isn't allowed to use food in the room, I have included a page of fish pictures for you to copy off onto colored paper and laminate to use.

Included are:

~Fishbowl Sorting Mats (color, bw, and big single page fishbowls - and one for adding the fish or one with fractions!)

~Graphs (Tally, bar, picto- and pie chart!)

~Think About It (with addition or multiplication)

~Write About It

~5 different Journal prompts at different levels. These can be used all week long, to differentiate your groups, or used in centers.

Click the pic to go check them out!

And here is your freebie!! :)

I left the title saying, "Numbers" so you can do what you want with it - either adding the colors or using them as fractions or decimals...whatever works for you :)

Also, if you purchased the labels in my TpT store, go redownload them! I added the clear center label frames!  And next to be added are the ones with the white center! So, grab them now for their price now! If you bought them before, you got a great deal...you'll get all 3 versions for that low price! 

Don't fret if you didn't get them the first time 'round...They're for sale for $1.50 right now..lol. not to bad for 40 frames, right (well, 60 because the solids come in JPEG and PNG)? :) BUT even better for when it'll be more - so grab them now! :)

Plus, you still get these...

One more thing....I redid the Tic Tac Toe file this morning. I had a request to add in Reading Counts scores, so of course I did :)

Anyway...hmmmm....maybe I deleted the old one!??! AHHH!! I'm not sure! So check your files. see if you still have it (if you are a google docs person, is who I'm guessing it affected, not if you just downloaded it to your hard drive.)

Anyway, it now has 3 pages...so if you want the Reading Counts version....click {HERE or HERE} to get it. :)

Happy Weekend my bloggy friends!! :)

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How to make backgrounds and more Dr. Seuss!

Ok y'all...I have to admit...V'day is NOT one of my favorites...I'm thankful I wasn't there yesterday - ha!

And after reading a lot of your posts, I realize I should have prayed harder for y'all! lol...even my sub said she had a rough day!

Yes, I'm thankful that I missed Vday...

Especially since HERE is how I spent my v'day...

Weeee!!!

chillin' at the park

hi there!

v'day picnic at the park :)

And hubs and I laid on the couch, watched the boob-tube and fell asleep - ha!

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I had a few people ask..."HOW do you make the background paper??"

Well...mind you, I don't know how to do fancy shmancy stuff (THAT would be the HUBS...p.s. he just got a new program, so WATCH OUT! lol..hmmm...that means I'll never get to use his laptop, and I hate always being stuck in the office on the desk top...maybe it's time I get a laptop for myself?? lol), but I can do basics!

I don't have a cool video and it'd take me FOREVER to do the pictures, with directions, but I can type a step by step on how to make background paper...

like these...

       

The programs I use are Microsoft Publisher and Paint...

this is just how I do it...Hubs has no idea how to do it this way, and I'm sure other "clip art people" do it differently too.

1) in publisher, make a rectangle (the basic shapes) and cover the page with it and then format it and fill it with whatever color you want...I did red for the stripes and triangles ones...

2) add whatever else you want on there - I did white stripes by adding in very skinny rectangles and filling them in with white, or I made the triangles (also in the shapes) and filled them in with torqouise.

3) once you are all finished putting whatever you want in, then select all (ctrlA) and copy (ctrlC) and then paste (ctrl V) into paint.

4) use the select tool and crop your page (I usually have things sticking off the edge of my "paper" so this is where I trim it...it looks pretty jagged when I'm in publisher, so don't worry about having perfect edges in publisher, you can clean them up in paint!)

5) once you have it cropped how you want it, then save it as a jpeg - and voila! You have a background pic you can use whenever you want :)

Let me know if you still have questions!

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Here's another addition to my Seuss theme items :) 

I love doing these things...

There are 6 sentences for them to unscramble. There are 2 versions of the writing sheet - a colored one and a black/white.

The sentences do not have capitalization or punctuation to give the kids more writing skills practice :)

It's for sale..for a $1 :)

BUT, I wanna give The Sentence Scrambler pack to 3 people who comment...but NOT the first three...lol! I'm always so bummed when I miss those, and I miss those a lot! 

So, I'm going to give everyone until tomorrow morning when I wake up to leave your comment (so, like 24 hours I guess?), then with a sip of  my coffee (hopefully!), I'll do the random number thingy...make sure you leave your email so I can email it to you :)

SOOOO....just leave one comment telling me your favorite Dr. Seuss story or characters...and why. I love hearing these :)

It'd also be GREAT if you would be a follower of my TpT store!! hehe

While you're there you can check out my Dr. Seuss bundle!! Which is also sold in separate bundles :)

P.S....

I just came across a new Kinder blog yesterday, after she admitted to me that she was following me around blogland...ha! Not really, but it was funny. She's a new blogger, so go check her out! She's really cute... I love getting new bloggers some "love/new followers."

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It's Seuss Time

I'm FINISHED!!!

well.....


almost...

I still have a few more ideas, but I'm going to do those separately.

Dr. Seuss and Pirates really are my favorite themes to work with...lol...well, I have a lot of favorites, but these are so much fun! (Forget V-day! lol)

This unit is great for all different levels; I made a lot of the centers differentiated (ack! I used a teacher word! lol..pretty soon I'll say that they have rigor and relevance! lol)

Literacy Centers

~Nonsense Words going from cvc all the way up the continuum - something for everyone! You can mix them up if your kids are higher on the continuum,or I made 2 sheets of cvc if that is where you are with your kids

~Syllables - 1, 2, and 3 syllable words

~Rhyming

~Antonyms

~Inferring

~ Compare/Contrast with two different options, plus a writing extension...AND you can use the Venn Diagram or the Double Bubble

Math Centers

~Graphing - with the option of having a key where each picture = 2 or just 1, plus a writing extension

~Time to the hour and half hour

~Measurement - inches

~Patterns (+/- 1, 10, and 100)

~2-digit addition with and without regrouping

~greater than/less than with 3-digit numbers

Since this unit is a WHOPPING 83 pages, I'm sellin' her for $5.50 and each separate unit for $3.00....There are 12 centers total, that's A LOT of centers!!




And I'm SOOOOOOOO thankful to Michelle....



If you haven't yet, PLEASE go check her out!! She is AMAZING! 


But I wanted to share with you something we do a lot - but I had to add in my NEW CLIP ART! yay! lol go to my TpT store to grab it :)

Happy Valentine's Day to you all!  I have to admit that this is one holiday that I could skip altogether. It's never been one of my favorites, ESPECIALLY in the classroom. But my husband is glad for it so he doesn't have to buy me over-priced flowers...lol!

Ok, I'm off to blog stalk....I take a break for one day to finish my Dr.  Seuss unit and I have 90 posts to read! yeesh! lol

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Just a few things....

Thank you all for your sweet comments yesterday - today was a MUCH better day...

I even did my next craft, inspired by Hadar :)

It's a post-it note holder!

Hadar's are way cuter...but, I just used what I had around the house, though I DID have to go buy a frame. I thought I had some flowers at home to put in the corner, but I don't....so I'll add that later (a daisy, of course since those are my fave!)

I just wanted to share a couple of things with you....

First, I really did marry quite the crafty man. He's a lot like me. He sees something and thinks "ooh - idea!"

He was playing with some Play-doh with Autumn yesterday, and thought, "hey, what about play-doh clip art!?"

So he made some letters....and turned it into clip art! lol

It's Play-Doh Clip art...

cute, hunh??

Also...I logged onto our county's library to place a book on hold...and LOOK at what I saw staring at me!!!

They are now lending e-books for your e-reading pleasure!!

I'm so excited, I just put Hunger Games on hold. 

I don't know how to get it from my PC to my Nook yet, but I'm hoping I can figure it out.

Any of your libraries do this??

Wanna give a sistah some tips??

lol

And today, I started working on my St. Patty pack...yippee!!

So far for the literacy it is going to be:
ABC order to the 3rd letter
Part of Speech sorting
sentence stretcher
fact/opinion

and for the math it's going to be:
2-digit addition with and without grouping
graphing
missing addends

who knows...it could change, or I could add more - we'll see :)

Of course, I'll be splitting it up into just math and literacy or making a bundle...people seem to like having that option, so I'm stickin' with it :) And probably for the same low price.

I really want to do my Dr. Seuss pack - but I'm trying to find clip art I like...that's in "cheap" range..lol! I know scrappin doodles and MelonHeadz has some...anyone know any other places??

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There's a Storm a Brewin'

When did this happen?????

I'm over 300 followers now!!!

Wowwy.

I never thought this would happen....ESPECIALLY since I've been off from work for 2 months, so I haven't really had anything insightful to share - just my thoughts. I feel like I'm Rambling Jennifer (I was going to make a comparison of myself to Babbling Abby, because of the play on words...but I didn't want to insult her....because let's face it, there's no comparison...ha!)

Seriously.

Thank you to all of my followers. You guys are awesome and I LOVE LOVE LOVE getting your comments. They really brighten my day. :)

And thank you to all of you who have started following me at my TpT store! I go and check my stats over there all the time...lol. I'm lame. I know. (please, if any of you do that, let me know so I don't feels so lame! ha!)

I wanted to show you one of my crafts I did. It's a mouse pad makeover!

It was super easy and I had everything on hand already.

I found the idea from Jazmine....Click her blog pic to go check out how to do it!

 And even though we haven't had rain in FOR.EV.ER, there are storms, somewhere, right??

(Wait...it just rained for like 15 minutes. I guess that counts..lol)

Well, it's raining in my new packet I made! Yay!

This one is a supplemental Literacy packet to your weather and storms unit.

There is 36 pages and 5 different activities

~Compare and contrast (in both Venn Diagram and Double-Bubble) for rain/snow and hurricane/tornado with a writing extension

~Compound concentration game

~Sentence Scramble - these are written in a way that they are writing facts down as well.

~Picture and caption - after brainstorming ideas, they create a "poster" and write about it

~What I Learned - using a divided circle map, they jot down what they know and learned, with a writing extension

These are very Thinking Maps oriented....it's how I "think" now when I create things...lol.

It's on sale for $2

Did you see?! I used some of hubby's doodle frames throughout the packet!!!

Those are on sale in my TpT store too, for only $1 and there are 20 different colors and shades.

Click below to go check out my new packet :)

And I just got a new idea to add to it.....

But I'll try probably use different graphics so I can give that as a freebie...I don't have a Scrappin' Doodles license to give out freebies....boo. I can only sell them since I don't need a license to do that.

Have a Terrific Tuesday!

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Hub's clip art and some linkies!

ummmm......I'm confused.

We're watching the news...and it's saying that we're (by WE, I mean Florida) getting a tropical depression. Seriously?? That's like 2 steps before a hurricane.

In February.

This hasn't happened in like 60 years. 

I'm not worried though. I just think it's funny. And I know it's because we're so FLIPPIN' HOT right now!! lol

Ok, now onto the real matters at hand.

Remember that I had turned hubby over to the dark side??

(insert evil laugh here....mwahahahaha!)

So....here is my husband's doodle labels that he made!!

He spent all day on these....well, he accidently deleted his work halfway through - ouch!! lol I just walked away at that point. 

There are 20 different colors and shades.

Blues, reds, pinks, oranges, yellows, greens, whites, and blacks

(the pic below is a little mis-shaded for some reason)

Here is a close up of what they look like....

Since they took all day to make, we are going to sell them instead of share them for free...but they're on sale for a whopping $1!!! ha!

Click to go snag it!

And he'll be working on these ones next....

Same thing, but with a white center

While you're there, you can grab the freebie frames I posted if you missed them yesterday...

Speaking of which, I had a follower comment that she used my "paper" in her post - and it looks super cute!

She's a fairly new blogger, so go check her out!!

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And NOW...for Farley's Currently!!!

I LOVE these. I wait for them all month - haha!!

And now for the other linky :)

Kimberly, over at Funky in First Grade's linky....

I'm with Chrissy, I couldn't fit all my words in the little lines...lol! So I'm copying what she did.

I love to watch movies with...
My husband....I can say, "Hey, isn't that..." and before I even finish, he finishes what I'm saying AND he knows the movie!

I love to read books (place)..

hmmm...I guess my couch? But I'm really wanting a "something" for my office...not sure what, that's why it's still a "something" lol...

I love to shop for...

flops!! and sunglasses...and kitchen stuff! and as soon as I lose this baby weight (only 10 more lbs to go!), then more clothes please. I haven't really gone clothes shopping since before I was prego with A...and she's 2 1/2 now. ha!

I love to collect...

kitchen gadgets?? Flops??? sunglasses??

I love to listen to...

the sounds my baby girl (B) makes when she's sleeping...the little coos are so stinking cute!

the sound of the beach - ahhhhh

my baby girl (A) giggle and laugh - she's just too cute!!

and music with a good beat while I run

I love to eat...

yes.

ha!! I do love to eat!

I used to only like spaghetti, mac & cheese (kraft only, please!), and hamburgers.  Then, I started to really enjoy cooking....problem?? I needed to start liking other things - so I forced myself to try everything! Now, my list of "don't likes" is pretty small!

I love to make...

all kinds of food!!! Baking and cooking is so fun!!

crafts - thanks to Pinterest, I have been brought back to my craftiness

and....

my new love is to make teacher stuff for my kids and TPT and (soon to be) TN store.

I love to travel to...

EVERYWHERE!!!

I've been to Europe, central and south America, the Caribbean, and all over the US. I can't wait to take my hubs over seas!!

I love to teach...

period.

Teaching is such a part of who I am. Some days I like certain subjects better than others, but all in all, I like it all! lol

Make sure you go link up to these lovely ladies!! Everyone is doing it...hehe

Ok, everyone! Hope you have a Marvelous Monday!!

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Over the moon with a recipe and a freebie

WOW!  Can I just tell you??? I am SO overwhelmed that ANYONE would buy my unit(s)!!!!

I posted my Circus themed unit last night on TpT just hoping for at least one purchase - haha!!

click the pic to go check them out!

The first email I got saying that I had sold something, I actually let out a little scream - shhhh!! I know, I'm such a dork. But wait. It gets worse....

The hubs was in putting A to sleep, so I couldn't tell him how I excited I was.

wait for it.....

so I called my mom!!! hahaha!! Yep! I HAD to tell someone! I was so excited!

And would you believe that when made this little unit (well, 50 page unit), I was thinking I had the right unit/story/skills in mind that I was going to be teaching when I got back to work???

Wrong - o....

I was a week behind. Ha!!

Oh well, I can actually use a lot of them without being on a specific story.

(In case you don't know - I don't always teach out of the Reading book...I DO teach the skills from the story for that week though, so in essence, I am on the same page as everyone in my grade, just not using the book. I make a lot of my own lessons using other picture books...).

And I can still use all my math centers I made.

Oh well, I don't care. I still had SO much fun making them!

And I'm ready for more!!

I actually have crossed the Hubs over to the dark side - mwhahahaha!!!

He's sitting on the couch as we speak (or rather, as I type) creating me some doodle frame clip art - boo-ya!!

AND when I told him what I wanted to do for dinner tonight  - you KNOW I have a football themed dinner planned for tonight!  In fact, look at what I made for breakfast this morning!

They are Chocolate Chop Mocha Scones! oh heavens-to-Betsy!! I used Sandra Lee's recipe, and just used a football cookie cutter to cut the dough before I made them. Yeah...they won't make it until tomorrow...lol!!

Anyway, I digress...ha!! When I told the Hubs what I wanted to make for my football themed dinner tonight, he actually said..."nah, I think you'll get better feedback from your readers if you do "this" instead."

SHUT. THE. FRONT. DOOR!!!

He's getting into it now!! He used to make fun of me taking pictures of my food and crafts and such - ha!

While he's finishing the doodle frame clip art, I made some of my own dot backgrounds and frames and uploaded them to my TpT store :)

There are 5 colors: red, blue, teal, orange, yellow.

Here are some examples....
click the pix to go download the freebies! Just remember, I'd LOVE for you to follow me on my TpT store!

I can't wait until Hubs is finished with his clip art so I can start using it to create! He's a perfectionist, he takes FOREVER on everything! lol! But that's good...because he actually makes logos for people's businesses (he has a lot of side "businesses" lol - that's what firefighters do...have side jobs.). You don't want someone who doesn't work for perfection making your logo, right?

Anyway, THANK YOU for all of you who have started following me and all of you who have bought my FIRST unit! I'm over the moon ecstatic!!

Ok, I have to go think of what to make next ....haha!! And get ready for some football!!!

I'm not actually a big fan of either one of the teams, but I have a few good friends who are AVID Giants fans...in fact, one of them is AT THE SUPER BOWL!!! Jealous. Right here. Yep. ha! So I will be rooting for the Giants.

Have a great night y'all!

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